> Many people who have the means to do so are emigrating while it is still feasible. While I understand the motivation of moving away while it's still possible

> Many people who have the means to do so are emigrating while it is still feasible. While I understand the motivation of moving away while it's still possible, I question the utility of moving away from the country with too many nuclear weapons, a recent history of using drones to assassinate without sufficient attribution or regard for collateral damage, and a tendency to act erratically and emotionally when scared. > propaganda [...] is so effective It is, and it distorts consensus reality a lot more than most people believe. That said, I'm surprised at how strongly Trump/etc has motivated people to start participating in the political process. It should have happened been a decade ago, but better late than never. In particular, the strong reaction against the airport "Muslim ban" was encouraging. The problem I'm worried about is surveillance. The tech that already exists (including surveillance-as-a-business-model) combined with modern analysis techniques (machine learning) trivialize COINTELPRO-style targeting of political factions.